Cops say Bogart man upends cash register in fit of anger

A 57-year-old Bogart man was arrested Monday after authorities said he pushed a cash register off a counter inside a pizza parlor during a spat of anger.

Said Hisham Hilal, 57, remained in the Oconee County Jail on Wednesday without bond on a felony charge of damage to property. The cash register was valued at $6,000.

Oconee County sheriff’s deputies said Hilal went to Little Caesars on Epps Bridge Parkway after 8 p.m. to pick up two cheese pizzas, but he soon returned to the store complaining that one of the pizzas was a pepperoni.

While a new pizza was being made, Hilal became agitated and when the pizza was ready, he demanded an additional pizza due to the trouble he encountered, according to the report.

The manager told him no, but offered him another free food item.

Hilal became “profane and violent” and he pushed the cash register off the counter before leaving, according to the report.

When the manager went outside to get the license plate number on his vehicle, she told a deputy that he came at her angrily as if he would hurt her.

A deputy went to Hilal’s home on Bent Creek Road in Bogart, where Hilal denied damaging the register, according to the report.

The deputy reported the store’s video showed the incident occurred as the manager had described.

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